UK News 24-03-2005 who: Michael Howard what: Says Conservative government would hold Commons vote on abortion time limit when: Sunday snippet: "His statement represents a significant hardening of the Conservative stance," says The Telegraph, which commissioned a poll showing 55% of voters favour a reduction from 24 weeks to 22 or less. "Previously, the party has officially taken the view that abortion should not be an issue in the election campaign." Mr Howard is also promising to crack down on illegal gypsy and traveller camps, provoking Labour MP Kevin McNamara to suggest that the Tories` proposals had "the whiff of the gas chambers about them". The Telegraph says Mr Howard must extend his proposals further still and calls for the abolition of the Human Rights Act of 1998. [... more]

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